The police constable was stabbed to death.

A teenager has received a slap on the wrist after being convicted for the murder of a police officer in the Beaufort West Magistrate’s Court.

The 17-year-old and his co-accused, 22-year-old Siyamthanda Mafata, entered into a plea agreement with the State.

The teenager cannot be named because he is a minor.

Constable Courtlin Lackay, 23, was stabbed to death in August last year.